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...cultural guardians are finding new ways to suppress controversial films. Opponents also claim that the criteria for classification are intentionally vague. One sweeping clause in the draft legislation states that films should not "undermine social order or moral decency" or affect the "security and pride of the nation." And X-rated works are simply not allowed: under the proposed law, films classified as such must be either bowdlerized or banned...
...Jonathan Travers, 26, the fan who publicly questioned the masculinity of Midwesterners, and Pete Bonavita, 22, perform their own cheer for XFL cameras in an attempt to add two opening-game tickets to the seven season tickets they have already purchased. They signal hands-over-crotch for the X, stick up middle fingers for the F and give the international "loser" signal, thumb and index finger smacked onto forehead...
...hospital for prep on the 5th. However, he reportedly asked and received permission to leave the hospital and celebrate a Mass at a children's home founded by Teresa. At the Mass he asked participants to pray to her on his behalf. When he returned to the hospital x-rays indicated the stone had disappeared. The surgery was canceled. Notes provided to UCA News by the archbishop included a case summary signed by the surgeon stating, "It indeed seemed like a miracle and unique incident as the stone, which could not be dissolved with medicine, just vanished on the particular...
What hasn't changed is the NC-17. Though the designation got a makeover in 1990--it used to be X--it still has the old, unfair tinge of porn. The big studios avoid it. Mostly it goes to sexually charged fare from world-class directors, like Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education ($5.2 million domestic) and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers ($2.5 million). The one big, glitzy NC-17 movie, the 1995 Vegas-stripper epic Showgirls, cost $45 million to produce and earned just $20 million. That modest sum is the highest take ever...
...tirade and its aftermath raised a delicate issue of journalistic ethics: How much sensitivity is owed to a 22-year-old amateur athlete, especially in comparison to a struggling pro passer like Rex Grossman? Is it wrong to write, “Obscure collegiate athlete X should play instead of obscure collegiate athlete Y, because X is better or Y isn’t good enough”? Around the Ivies doesn’t have the answer. Instead, with the above delicacy in mind, it asks another question: Is Harvard better off with Chris Pizzotti at quarterback than Liam...